A disabled woman was shocked to find several of the UK’s most venomous spiders crawling all over the bus stop at the foot of her road.

The false widow spiders – identifiable by the distinct markings on their abdomen – have occupied the bus stop at the junction of West Lane and Upper Town Lane in Felton, near Bristol Airport.

The metal frame is wrapped in spider webs and nests while a number of the eight-legged creatures can be seen crawling around the metal frame and hiding in the crevasses when people approach or the road is busy with traffic. False widows - a cousin to the black widow - can deliver an incredibly painful bite, with the venom so powerful that previous victims have suffered deep gashes and scars.

The buses mainly serve elderly and disabled passengers and resident Helen Day is concerned someone will be bitten during the summer months. The 39-year-old says the critters “breed like wildfire” in warm weather.

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Helen believes the spiders pose a real threat, having met another Bristolian who suffered the fate of a false widow bite.

“If anybody goes into the shelter it only takes one to jump onto a rucksack. In the heat they’re only going to get worse. They breed like wildfire.”

A false widow's nest on the bus stop

Helen said: "I’m petrified of spiders. I’m on crutches so I can’t stand for long or sit for long. I’m happy to pay for it if North Somerset (Council) don’t do anything. I’ve already spoken to a pest controller.”